Throwing knives?

(blisteringOwlNest) #1

I understand they were in alpha, but what exactly were they? A secondary weapon? An ability? What kind of damage did they do? Why do SD want to avoid them?

Any answers would help a lot :slight_smile:

(XavienX) #2

Dunno, Alpha info still has NDA, but I believe throwing knives were a perk for Vassili and Proxy but Proxy’s perk got changed to quick slash instead. I’m not sure about Phantom though, but I do know he used to have a sniper then they changed it to him having just a revolver. Aimee and Redeye could’ve had them.
And FYI, the throwing knives probably dealt a lot of damage and they were able to be thrown at a straight line forward and could bounce once or twice off of walls.

In fact, according to my knowledge from reading comments on YouTube, there was a merc who only had throwing knives in Alpha stages and were his only weapons. Honestly I would love to see Alpha even though a lot of things were unbalanced and the game wasn’t textured so well, but it must’ve been exciting to see all kinds of mercs in play.

You could see it in action in this video:

Check it out at 1:55 and btw, WTSFM hasn’t been active for 3 months now, probably due to his job.

(GildedDark) #3

The throwing knives were in closed beta and in alpha
Everyone who has quick slash used to have throwing knives since it was an ability
They replaced throwing knives with quick slash due to them not fiting the style of the game

(XavienX) #4

[quote=“GildedDark;111858”]The throwing knives were in closed beta and in alpha
Everyone who has quick slash used to have throwing knives since it was an ability
They replaced throwing knives with quick slash due to them not fiting the style of the game[/quote]

I really wonder what it would’ve been like with throwing knives flying everywhere.

(GildedDark) #5

[quote=“Xavien;113063”][quote=“GildedDark;111858”]The throwing knives were in closed beta and in alpha
Everyone who has quick slash used to have throwing knives since it was an ability
They replaced throwing knives with quick slash due to them not fiting the style of the game[/quote]

I really wonder what it would’ve been like with throwing knives flying everywhere.[/quote]

The knives were pretty fun
they were excellent finishers

#6

The issue with throwing knives perk was that you could not use the knife as a normal weapon.

(Eox) #8

Basically they allowed you to do about 50 damage with a small projectile. Throwing them at downed ennemies would allow you to finish them off in a single it like with any melee weapon. They overrided your melee weapon, so you couldn’t use melee in a normal way anymore.

(Jigstraw) #9

Depending on how delay/cooldowns/ammunition functioned for them, that could be amazing. Also it’d raise the skill floor of certain mercs.

Bring throwing knives back please. guardian’s drone could block them :guardian:

#10

Holy necro!

closed #11